The English marched against this town.

Lally shut himself up there in the month of March, 1760.

Bussy had been made prisoner, and Coote had sent him to Europe.

"At the head of the French army Bussy would be in a position by himself alone to prolong the war for ten years," said the Hindoos.

On the 27th of November, the siege of Pondicherry was transformed into an investment.